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Key Lime Christmas Tree

Celebrate the Holiday by Creating a Cookie Tree Centerpiece! Scroll down for tutorial!

 Place chocolate in a micro-safe glass bowl, and microwave for 1 minute intervals, stir, microwave for another minute, and stir vigorously to completely melt the chocolate…if still a little lumpy, microwave for another 30 seconds

 Add the corn syrup and stir quickly to incorporate – stir until the chocolate follows the spatula around the bowl – about a minute

 Pour the chocolate into plastic wrap, or leave in glass bowl covered with plastic wrap, for 24 hours

 Taking small pieces at a time, knead the chocolate until just soft enough to shape

 If the chocolate starts to stick to your fingers, lightly dust your fingers with cornstarch

 Procedure for making roses follows

 Any remaining chocolate should be triple wrapped in plastic wrap, place in a Ziplock bag and freeze indefinitely

Rose making procedures:

Knead small portions of chocolate clay as needed, until soft and pliable

Weigh out chocolate paste:

5g for mounds = 3/4" or about 2cm ball

3g for petals = 1/2” or 1-1/2cm

…mound = ball on the left / petal = ball on right

Rose bud = bud + 2 petals

Small rose blossom = bud + 3 petals

Medium rose = bud + 3 + 5 petals

Full rose = bud + 3 + 5 + 7 petals

Rose Mound or Bud:

 Make mound or bud with a fat-rounded bottom, tapered to a point at the top

 Approximately 1-1/4” long or 3cm

Using a piece of plastic wrap, dust with cornstarch, place the 1/2" ball of clay on the plastic wrap and fold the plastic wrap over the ball:

 Press out to about an 1-1/2” diameter oval, using your thumb or finger

 Make the top 2/3’s of the petal/circle thinner than the bottom 1/3

 Flatten/shape all the 1/2" balls/petals required for your rose, before applying them to the bud/mound – this allows a little drying time , making them easier to apply – less sticky…I have hot hands!!!

 Latex gloves can also be used for this application, if you have very hot hands!!!

 Dust the plastic wrap each time you flatten out the ball

 Note: If when pressing out the ball you feel small pieces of un-melted chocolate – roll it back into a ball, rolling it firmly in your palm…this will melt the tiny pieces of un-melted chocolate

 …this was made with a double layer of scrap chiffon material, with a pastry bag tie…use dust puff gently – the cornstarch comes out very easily…

Small Rose Blossom:

 Wrap the 1st petal around the mound/bud

 Wrap the 2nd petal, tucking it under 1st petal, having the 1st petal overlap slightly